Posting Through It

Vic Berger is an acclaimed video editor and satirist. He joins SH!TPOST to talk about his path into making his bizarre edits of American culture, the parody potential of the post-Trump years, and what he’s up to these days. This interview was a long time coming and we hope you enjoy!Vic’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/VicBergerIV/Vic's YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/VicBerger/featuredOffice Hours Live with Tim Heidecker: https://officialofficehours.com/Vic's Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/vicbergerVic's Albums: https://flannelgraphrecords.bandcamp.com/album/late-enough-to-see-the-moon This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit shtpost.substack.comSupport the showSubscribe to the Posting Through It newsletter This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit postthroughit.substack.com

Joe Mulhall is Head of Research at HOPE not hate and one of the UK's leading authorities on far-right extremism. He joins SH!TPOST for a chat about his latest book, “Drums in the Distance: Journeys in the Global Far Right.” In it, Joe provides an exhaustively researched accounting of far-right political movements around the world that he tastefully pairs with vivid recounting of his time spent infiltrating and exposing those movements.Follow Joe Mulhall on Twitter: https://twitter.com/JoeMulhall_Read the book: https://bookshop.org/books/drums-in-the-distance-journeys-into-the-global-far-right/9781785787515Joe’s favorite thing on the internet: TikTok train enthusiast Francis Bourgeois! https://www.tiktok.com/@francis.bourgeoisProgramming note: You may notice your host sounds slightly different! Thanks to listener support, SH!TPOST has upgraded our audio recording and processing equipment. We hope that as we learn the new hardware and software that the show’s audio quality will greatly improve.We also welcomed an editor to the SH!TPOST newsletter. Say hello to Sam Thielman when you get a chance! With Sam’s help, the supporters-only newsletter at shtpost.substack.com that goes out between episodes will be even better. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit shtpost.substack.comSupport the showSubscribe to the Posting Through It newsletter This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit postthroughit.substack.com

Joseph Bernstein is a senior reporter for BuzzFeed News. He joins SH!TPOST this week to discuss the overly simplistic story of online disinformation that many American audiences have been sold. Joe encourages those interested in understanding online disinformation to pause and recognize several fundamental issues with the way some of our current conversations have been framed. These flaws, he argues, are not an end-all to the study of disinformation; rather, he hopes that addressing them will produce better work that contributes to stronger public knowledge.Follow Joe Bernstein on Twitter: https://twitter.com/BernsteinRead his essay on this topic at Harper’s: Bad News: Selling the story of disinformation (https://harpers.org/archive/2021/09/bad-news-selling-the-story-of-disinformation/) This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit shtpost.substack.comSupport the showSubscribe to the Posting Through It newsletter This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit postthroughit.substack.com

Vera Bergengruen is a Washington correspondent for Time Magazine who joins the show to explain why some unvaccinated people are seeking out Ivermectin as a supposed shield against COVID-19. Demand for the drug has overwhelmed many pharmacies, leaving some so desperate in their hunt that they’ve bought and ingested horse paste and other livestock drugs that contain Ivermectin as an active ingredient. At least it’s apple flavored.Follow Vera on Twitter: @VeraMBergenRead Vera’s fantastic reporting: How 'America's Frontline Doctors' Sold Access to Bogus COVID-19 Treatments—and Left Patients in the LurchIf you like the show and want to help support it, you can sign up for a subscription, right here on Substack. You’ll get access to an accompanying newsletter that publishes on the weeks between episodes.And if you want to read the newsletter but can’t afford a subscription for whatever reason, get in touch. We’ll let you through the gate. No questions asked. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit shtpost.substack.comSupport the showSubscribe to the Posting Through It newsletter This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit postthroughit.substack.com

Puck News national correspondent Tina Nguyen joins SH!TPOST to talk about her time covering Mike Lindell’s 72-hour “Cyber Symposium” in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, last week. We’ll talk to her about what she saw, her takeaways, the dang big shrimps on the buffet bar, and more.Learn more about Puck News here: https://puck.news/And sign up for Tina’s newsletter here: https://tina-nguyen.news/Follow Tina on Twitter: @tina_nguyenIf you liked this show, you might like the newsletter, too! Smash the button below to sign up for subscriber-exclusive content, delivered straight to your inbox: This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit shtpost.substack.comSupport the showSubscribe to the Posting Through It newsletter This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit postthroughit.substack.com

Media Matters researcher Jason Campbell joins SH!TPOST to discuss GOP youth organizer Charlie Kirk’s skid into anti-vaccine misinformation and scaremongering. In recent months, the GOP wunderkind has voiced hard opposition to public health measures and spread unfounded claims meant to scare audiences away from protecting themselves against the virus.Read Jason’s research on the topic here: https://www.mediamatters.org/charlie-kirk/charlie-kirks-anti-vax-campaignFollow Jason Campbell on Twitter: @JasonSCampbellFind a place to get vaccinated at Vaccines.GovIf you liked this show, you might like the newsletter, too! Smash the button below to sign up for subscriber-exclusive content, delivered straight to your inbox: This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit shtpost.substack.comSupport the showSubscribe to the Posting Through It newsletter This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit postthroughit.substack.com

[Sorry for the hiccup!]Freelance reporter and The Daily Beast contributor Robert Silverman joins SH!TPOST to talk about his blockbuster profile on YouTube news performer Tim Pool, one of the most prominent right-wing aligned personalities on the platform. Robert and Jared talk about what Tim Pool’s early career reveals about his current goings-on and how the YouTuber has quietly built a media micro-empire with little criticism from media watchdogs.For more background on Tim Pool’s career arc, check out SH!TPOST’s interview with @TimPoolClips here:Follow Robert on Twitter: @BobSaiettaRead Robert’s latest article:How ‘Coward and Phony’ Tim Pool Became One of the Biggest Political YouTubers on the Planet (https://www.thedailybeast.com/how-coward-and-phony-tim-pool-became-one-of-the-biggest-political-youtubers-on-the-planet)Check out Robert’s favorite thing online right now:If you liked this show, you’ll like the newsletter, too! Subscribe to get the subscriber-exclusive content in your inbox and support the show: This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit shtpost.substack.comSupport the showSubscribe to the Posting Through It newsletter This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit postthroughit.substack.com

(Note: Because host Jared Holt is traveling, his audio quality on this episode is less than normal episodes. He’ll be back in his home studio in August.)Salon reporter Zachary Petrizzo joins SH!TPOST to share observations from his weekend covering CPAC’s 2021 summer gathering in Dallas, Texas. Petrizzo describes the scenes in the conservative movement’s Lonestar State gathering as an anything-goes spinoff of the national flagship event, where fringe and far-right cultural elements jockeyed for prominence over a receding movement conservatism.Follow Zachary Petrizzo: @ZTPetrizzoRead some of Zach’s reporting at Salon: https://www.salon.com/writer/zachary_petrizzo Zach’s favorite thing online: the ongoing sideshow antics of MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell.(If you would like to subscribe at a paid tier to read the newsletters between episodes but can’t afford to do so, send me a message here or on any other platform. No questions asked. I have deep gratitude for those who do support this project, but I don’t want this to be a cost-prohibitive venture. ) This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit shtpost.substack.comSupport the showSubscribe to the Posting Through It newsletter This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit postthroughit.substack.com

Political Research Associates research analyst Ben Lorber joins SH!TPOST for a conversation about the status of white nationalist movements in the United States six months after President Joe Biden was sworn into office. This episode will explain a particular branch of white nationalism growing popular with younger conservative audiences and gaining footholds within the Republican Party.Follow Ben Lorber: @BenLorber8Read some of Ben’s writing at PRA: https://www.politicalresearch.org/bio/ben-lorberBen’s favorite things online right now: The “Blowback” podcast and @the.holistic.psychologist on Instagram(If you would like to subscribe at a paid tier to read the newsletters between episodes but can’t afford to do so, send me a message here or on any other platform. No questions asked. I have deep gratitude for those who do support this project, but I don’t want this to be a cost-prohibitive venture. ) This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit shtpost.substack.comSupport the showSubscribe to the Posting Through It newsletter This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit postthroughit.substack.com

Joining SH!TPOST is P.R. guy, writer, and Joker-meme enthusiast Ed Zitron, who wrote a fantastic essay this week that confronts the ways newsrooms have failed to respond to bad-faith internet harassment campaigns against their reporters made in service of right-wing political causes. Major outlets still have no real answer to the ongoing problem and have filled in the void with public statements that often accomplish less than nothing. Ed offers a few solutions of his own.Follow Ed Zitron: @edzitronRead Ed’s writing on Substack: ez.substack.comIf you liked this episode, consider subscribing! You’ll help support the show and get access to biweekly newsletters between episodes. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit shtpost.substack.comSupport the showSubscribe to the Posting Through It newsletter This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit postthroughit.substack.com